"Halting the slaughter of the innocents": The civilizing process and the surge in violence in turn-of-the-century Chicago

Social Science History

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 29-52

  Adler, Jeffrey S ^a  

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EID: 0040746808     PISSN: 01455532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/01455532-25-1-29     Document Type: Review

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